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Title S.H. Zahm & Co., dealers in new and second-hand books, stationery and blank books, Nos. 18 & 20 South Queen Street, Lancaster, PA. [graphic].
Publisher [United States]: [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph; sheet 12 x 8 cm (5 x 3 in.)
Description Racist trade card illustration depicting an elderly African American man looking out of a window. The gray-haired man is attired in a red long-sleeved shirt and gold-rimmed spectacles. He holds a newspaper in both hands and a pipe in his left hand. The man looks toward the right side of the image and his mouth is agape. He is depicted with exaggerated features. S.H Zahm & Co. was owned by Samuel Hensel Zahm and his business partner Samuel Auxer. Zahm was an active member of the Lancaster community and was a member of the board of health, the Lancaster County Historical Society, and the Pennsylvania German Society. He was also a collector of Native American artifacts.
Notes Title from item.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject S.H. Zahm & Co.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Bookstores -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster.
Racism in popular culture.
Secondhand bookstores -- Pennsylvania -- Pennsylvania.
Genre Chromolithographs. -- 1870-1880
Trade cards. -- 1870-1880
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - S.H. Zahm [P.2017.95.151]
Accession number P.2017.95.151